The Dark Side is strong. Temptation was too much. I just placed a waitlist order. The good news is that its just a waitlist and it doesn't cost me anything. I wonder how likely these waitlist orders will be for conversion? My only waitlist experience was with General Kenobi and it got converted to a real order.

I should steer clear of this thread as well. Those pictures make this figure look amazing. I've been back and forth with the Sideshow 12" line, with price being the biggest factor keeping me away. If I only collected these, it wouldn't be a problem - but of course, that isn't the case. That being said, this Vader looks amazing. I had it on preorder (along with the Stormtrooper) earlier this year, but had to cancel when I lost my job. I had always hoped to just have a lineup of the "biggies" from ANH, and maybe Lando/Yoda/Fett when they got to all of them. Like Jesse mentioned though, I'm sure this Vader long gone from being available at this point - and I'd have to sell a lot of stuff to get back into these. Very, very nicely done though.

I should steer clear of this thread as well. Those pictures make this figure look amazing. I've been back and forth with the Sideshow 12" line, with price being the biggest factor keeping me away. If I only collected these, it wouldn't be a problem - but of course, that isn't the case. That being said, this Vader looks amazing. I had it on preorder (along with the Stormtrooper) earlier this year, but had to cancel when I lost my job. I had always hoped to just have a lineup of the "biggies" from ANH, and maybe Lando/Yoda/Fett when they got to all of them. Like Jesse mentioned though, I'm sure this Vader long gone from being available at this point - and I'd have to sell a lot of stuff to get back into these. Very, very nicely done though.

Yep they have been getting more expensive and it seems like they aren't as sought after on Ebay as I thought they would be.

At this point, I guess I shouldn't have got my hopes up that a very late pre-order/waitlist would get converted to a real order.

Don't give up hope yet... if they are not done shipping, there are still plenty of chances to convert.

There will be folks whose CCs get declined, folks who decide to return it (because they forgot to cancel), folks who return because they don't like it, etc. Plus, there always set aside a certain % of the stock to replace broken/lost figures. If that extra stock goes unused, it gets passed along to wait list.